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NC State news is shared far and wide. Below are just some of our recent appearances in local, regional, national and international media publications.

Sep 28, 2015 Health24

Former drinkers find social situations challenging

According to a recent study, former problem drinkers can find it tricky to navigate social situations where alcohol is involved. Lynsey Romo, communication, featured. 

Sep 28, 2015 Business Standard

Here’s how former boozers navigate social events

A recent study published in Health Communication examines how former problem drinkers deal with a situation involving alcohol when they become sober. Lynsey Romo, communication, featured. 

Sep 28, 2015 Financial Express

Here’s how former boozers navigate social events

A recent study published in Health Communication examines how former problem drinkers deal with a situation involving alcohol when they become sober. Lynsey Romo, communication, featured. 

Sep 28, 2015 Planet Biometrics

Researchers find ancestral background in fingerprints

A proof-of-concept study finds that it is possible to identify an individual’s ancestral background based on his or her fingerprint characteristics – a discovery with significant applications for law enforcement and anthropological research. Ann Ross, sociology & anthropology, featured. 

Sep 28, 2015 Laboratory Equipment

Determining Ancestral Background Through Fingerprints

A proof-of-concept study finds that it is possible to identify an individual’s ancestral background based on his or her fingerprint characteristics – a discovery with significant applications for law enforcement and anthropological research. Ann Ross, sociology & anthropology, featured. 

Sep 28, 2015 ScienceBlog

Study: Ancestral background can be determined by fingerprints

Researchers say fingerprints may also reveal information about an individual’s ancestral background – a discovery which could eventually be put to use in both law enforcement and anthropological research. Ann Ross, sociology & anthropology, featured. 

Sep 28, 2015 EurekAlert

Study: Ancestral background can be determined by fingerprints

Researchers say fingerprints may also reveal information about an individual’s ancestral background – a discovery which could eventually be put to use in both law enforcement and anthropological research. Ann Ross, sociology & anthropology, featured. 

Sep 28, 2015 EurekAlert

New tech automatically ‘tunes’ powered prosthetics while walking

Researchers have developed software that allows powered prosthetics to tune themselves automatically, making the devices more functionally useful and lowering the costs associated with powered prosthetic use. Helen Huang, biomedical engineering, featured. 

Sep 28, 2015 ScienceBlog

New tech automatically ‘tunes’ powered prosthetics while walking

Researchers have now developed software that allows powered prosthetics to tune themselves automatically, making the devices more functionally useful and lowering the costs associated with powered prosthetic use. Helen Huang, biomedical engineering, featured. 

Sep 28, 2015 Phys.Org

New tech automatically ‘tunes’ powered prosthetics while walking

Researchers have now developed software that allows powered prosthetics to tune themselves automatically, making the devices more functionally useful and lowering the costs associated with powered prosthetic use. Helen Huang, biomedical engineering, featured. 

Sep 28, 2015 Science Codex

Ancestral background can be determined by fingerprints

A proof-of-concept study finds that it is possible to identify an individual’s ancestral background based on his or her fingerprint characteristics – a discovery with significant applications for law enforcement and anthropological research. Ann Ross, sociology & anthropology, featured. 

Sep 28, 2015 HealthNewsDigest.com

Tech Automatically ‘Tunes’ Powered Prosthetics While Walking

Researchers have now developed software that allows powered prosthetics to tune themselves automatically, making the devices more functionally useful and lowering the costs associated with powered prosthetic use. Helen Huang, biomedical engineering, featured. 

Sep 28, 2015 CBS News

Could your fingerprints hold clues to your ancestry?

Researchers say fingerprints may also reveal information about an individual’s ancestral background – a discovery which could eventually be put to use in both law enforcement and anthropological research. Ann Ross, sociology & anthropology, featured. 

Sep 28, 2015 WT VOX

New Tech Automatically ‘Tunes’ Powered Prosthetics While Walking

Researchers have now developed software that allows powered prosthetics to tune themselves automatically, making the devices more functionally useful and lowering the costs associated with powered prosthetic use. Helen Huang, biomedical engineering, featured. 

Sep 25, 2015 Energy.gov

3 Ways Our Manufacturing Institutes Are Changing the Clean Energy Game

The Energy Department is overseeing three of the eight federal NNMI institutes, including NC State-led Power America which focuses on advancing a new generation of advanced power electronics based on wide bandgap semiconductors. This effort has major potential to transform America’s clean energy economy by boosting efficiency in nearly everything we use that uses electricity, including industrial motors,…